[Info-vax] OpenVMS in the future, Open sourced or Closed? Intent is to keep it...

[seasoned_geek]

On Tuesday, May 5, 2015 at 12:17:10 PM UTC-5, JF Mezei wrote:
> On 15-05-05 08:04, Neil Rieck wrote:
> > The number one reason why people want Open-Source software is because its free. 
> 
> Having lived through Digital abandonning VMS (and worse with Compaq/HP),
> PSION getting out of business, and Apple pulling out of the server
> business,  one of the main attractions of Open-Sourced software is that
> it is much harder for a product to go away as no single CEO can decide
> to pull the plug on it and cease to make it available.

You left off a tiny but crucial detail.

This fantasy you believe in only works if a single individual can and does posses _ALL_ of the hardware and environment to build from source _AND_ deploy raw to target. This is why wanna-be dutifully disrespected platforms "thrive" as OpenSource and no serious platform does.

As was pointed out by Hoff. Building VMS from source requires phenomenal setup and significant resources.